He has been ordered to pay $122,692 in legal fees to A&E and Original, after they prevailed in an anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) motion. The fees are split $96,735 to A&E and $25,957 to Original. The original fees were much higher.

The reduction came after Hester objected to the claims regarding the staffing and hours that A&E and Original claimed to have expended on the motion. A&E said it had employed eight attorneys and four paralegals for the motion, while Original said it had used three attorneys.

Hester was fired back in December and at the time claimed that the show was rigged and he was terminated for going public.

In March, A&E won a partial victory when L.A. Superior Court judge Michael Johnson threw out Hester’s claim of unfair business practices and dismissed his wrongful termination accusation for not being specific enough, according THR.

This, however, is not the end of the claims filed by Hester, a professional buyer of abandoned storage lockers, and A&E. The five-claim suit also includes claims of breach of contract and good faith and he has the chance to collect more evidence and re-file his wrongful termination claim.

The show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents based only on a five-minute inspection of what they can see from the door when it is open. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.

Dave Hester is a Putz. Yep! There might be some truth to his claim of treasure staging, but, if A&E is anything like me, Dave needed to be let go, just for being majorly annoying, with his arrogance and his YEP! s. I am glad that Barry is still on the show. I like Brandi and Jarod, and cannot much handle Darryl. He is almost, as bad as, Dave is. YEP!

I never like that guy, (love the old guy the collector the most) But I have wonder about couple finds. I remember the collector cleaning out this low value locker when suddenly he gets this silver gin cup set, I am wondering after seeing all the other stuff in that locker that there is NO Way that would be there. It justed didn't match the style of that locker.